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Couloirman
Oct 1, 2009, 10:34 PM
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Just received this PM:
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favourrichard1@yahoo.com
"It is my great pleasure establishing a contact with you when i saw your profile at (www.rockclimbing.com) hoping we can be friends i Miss Favour,25years of Age.iam looking to meet a man with no bad motives,who is affectionate and loving,Age for me does not really matter as long as there is love and understanding contact me with this (favourrichard1@yahoo.com ) looking forward to hearing from you . Favour"
Who the hell would spend their time making an account and sending messages like this? Did anyone else get one?
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carabiner96
Oct 1, 2009, 10:38 PM
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yup. yore not that hawt
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the_climber
Oct 1, 2009, 10:43 PM
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I checked the IP addresses. No need to worry Couloir... it's just Majid's other account.... wait, maybe there is a cause for concern. 
I'm just kidding
(This post was edited by the_climber on Oct 1, 2009, 10:49 PM)
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blondgecko
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Oct 1, 2009, 10:46 PM
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Username favour4life? Yup - it sent me one too. We mods can't ban someone from PM, but I'm sure ddt will get rid of it next time he's online.
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carabiner96
Oct 1, 2009, 10:52 PM
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(its a she...she wants me!)
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charley
Oct 1, 2009, 11:01 PM
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carabiner96 wrote: (its a she...she wants me!)
Excited, huh?
I got one, too.
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bill413
Oct 2, 2009, 1:38 AM
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Is "Miss Favour" a title? Like "Miss America?"
Did she have to win a "favours" contest?
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squierbypetzl
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Oct 2, 2009, 1:56 AM
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carabiner96 wrote: (its a she...she wants me!)
FavourRichard1. I´m´a guess it´s a guy.
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rrrADAM
Oct 2, 2009, 10:49 AM
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You're setting yourself up to get them in your gmail account too...
You have your email address posted "normally" on your PUBLIC profile... There are web crawlers that serach the net for email addresses just for spam, and you have yours up for all to see, and it is now likely on lots of lists because of this.
Put your address up like this:
so_in_so[at]whatever.com
you_2(at)thisplace.com
Or at least put spaces in... Ever notice how when you type in an email address the software makes it a "clicky" in word, or other programs? Because it recognizes it as an email address... Make your email address unrecognizable to a computer, but recognizable to a person.
Get it?
(This post was edited by rrrADAM on Oct 2, 2009, 10:50 AM)
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billcoe_
Oct 4, 2009, 4:17 PM
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rrrADAM wrote: You're setting yourself up to get them in your gmail account too... You have your email address posted "normally" on your PUBLIC profile... There are web crawlers that serach the net for email addresses just for spam, and you have yours up for all to see, and it is now likely on lots of lists because of this. Put your address up like this: so_in_so[at]whatever.com you_2(at)thisplace.com Or at least put spaces in... Ever notice how when you type in an email address the software makes it a "clicky" in word, or other programs? Because it recognizes it as an email address... Make your email address unrecognizable to a computer, but recognizable to a person. Get it?
I do and I thank you! Although Google quickly tosses that out as spam.
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Couloirman
Oct 4, 2009, 4:22 PM
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good call. done and done.
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